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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 16, 2019 18:22:05 GMT
Drives me insane. I wait for real cashiers because I never go to WM for just a few items and if I'm spending my money there, I'm sure we heck not losing my sanity at the self checkout, which always has a problem and starts flashing red. Every time.My favorite is when employees try to direct me away from the cashier line, to the self checkout. They look so confused when I politely declined. I have never had a problem with self checkout. Why would it start flashing red? Our bags and items are not weighed so there is never a reason for a light to flash. I personally love self checkout. It is much faster, I don't have to wait in line and I love putting all my items in the bags that I want them in. Any light weight items don't register with the scale that weighs the bag you are loading as you scan items. It will ask if you want to skip bagging that item. Press skip bagging too many times and it flashes red for the attendant to come make sure you are not trying to steal. It's a huge hassle if I'm trying to place a birthday card in its own bag, or have anything that doesn't have heft to it.
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Post by SabrinaP on Jun 16, 2019 18:24:02 GMT
Not at my Walmart. Last night at 10 there were only 2 regular lanes open and then one of the self checkout areas. People were self checking entire baskets full since the regular lines were so long.
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Post by Merge on Jun 16, 2019 19:25:08 GMT
I don’t shop at Walmart. My favorite grocery store only has a few self check lanes and I’m not sure if they’re limited or not - I’ve never seen anyone do a full cart of groceries there. But this store is also good about having plenty of cashiers and baggers, so I just wheel my full cart up to one of those.
I like to shop at an actual grocery store rather than a super big box store in part because the baggers are trained to bag the groceries correctly. I don’t need to watch them.
Re: self check, I actually prefer it at Target when I have just a few things. It’s faster, and I don’t have to deal with the cashier/bagger rolling her eyes when I whip out my reusable bags.
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Post by gale w on Jun 16, 2019 20:17:25 GMT
My local Wal-Mart has made the self-checkout lanes Express Lanes, meaning 20 items or less. This is the only Wal-Mart I go to so I don't know if this is common. Are the self-checkout lanes for 20 items or less at your Wal-Mart? I don't know if the clerk would kick you out of self-checkout if you had 25 items. Ours hasn't done this and I'll be pissed if they do. I only use self checkout. The cashiers here have no clue how to properly bag groceries, and it seems like most of them are sniffling or rubbing their noses or coughing or something. I go to self checkout to minimize the amount of handling of my food. If they do it I'd probably do separate transactions or something. Meijer does have limits on some self checkouts but others are unlimited. It's not local for us though. eta: I go to self checkouts at any store that offers them, and Walmart is the best by far. I almost never have trouble with them and I don't even have to bag items-the light immediately turns green right after I scan it. It also doesn't ever ask me to remove an item if it gets bagged after the light turns green. Kroger is the worst. Target and Meijer are both okay-no major problems but not as easy and fast as walmart.
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Post by gale w on Jun 16, 2019 20:25:52 GMT
The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I don’t understand people who complain about bagging. You’re standing right there, just tell them how to do it. You can see and monitor and control what’s going on. At our walmart I would literally have to stand way at the end of the checkout to watch the bagging part. And I don't really want to do that or deal with the rolled eyes when I ask them to bag my cold with cold or not to bag heavy with light items.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jun 16, 2019 21:05:49 GMT
All our self checkouts are 15 or 20 items max. I don’t use them unless the lines are long because I don’t want to do a cashier’s job for free. Prices go up. Service goes down. But once in a while I see someone with a huge cart full go through self checkout. There has to be a good reason because I think it looks like a lot of work for no reward. The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I must be super lucky, I’ve never had baggers do odd things like that. Which I guess is why I never understood why people are so picky about how stuff is bagged I do group my like items together and put fragile items on the belt last. I’m not sure if our Walmarts have self check out limits or not. I try not to use them
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 21:26:20 GMT
I have never had a problem with self checkout. Why would it start flashing red? Our bags and items are not weighed so there is never a reason for a light to flash. I personally love self checkout. It is much faster, I don't have to wait in line and I love putting all my items in the bags that I want them in. Any light weight items don't register with the scale that weighs the bag you are loading as you scan items. It will ask if you want to skip bagging that item. Press skip bagging too many times and it flashes red for the attendant to come make sure you are not trying to steal. It's a huge hassle if I'm trying to place a birthday card in its own bag, or have anything that doesn't have heft to it. As I said in my post, at our WalMart and Target stores, they have disabled the weight function on the scale so I never have to worry. Guess they aren't concerned or nobody knows it's disabled. That way I can take my time and place my items exactly where I want them without the annoying PLEASE PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!!!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 21:29:29 GMT
Re: self check, I actually prefer it at Target when I have just a few things. It’s faster, and I don’t have to deal with the cashier/bagger rolling her eyes when I whip out my reusable bags. Haha, in CA they have signs when you enter that say *Did you remember your reusable bags?" No eye rolling in our state.
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Post by artsydaisy on Jun 16, 2019 21:59:01 GMT
I'm pretty sure my WalMart is only self-checkout...if you want a person to ring you up, you have to go to customer service.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 16, 2019 23:24:26 GMT
Any light weight items don't register with the scale that weighs the bag you are loading as you scan items. It will ask if you want to skip bagging that item. Press skip bagging too many times and it flashes red for the attendant to come make sure you are not trying to steal. It's a huge hassle if I'm trying to place a birthday card in its own bag, or have anything that doesn't have heft to it. As I said in my post, at our WalMart and Target stores, they have disabled the weight function on the scale so I never have to worry. Guess they aren't concerned or nobody knows it's disabled. That way I can take my time and place my items exactly where I want them without the annoying PLEASE PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!!! I wish our store would disable the scale. 😃
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 17, 2019 1:29:01 GMT
The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I must be super lucky, I’ve never had baggers do odd things like that. Which I guess is why I never understood why people are so picky about how stuff is bagged I do group my like items together and put fragile items on the belt last. I’m not sure if our Walmarts have self check out limits or not. I try not to use them You are very lucky! I place my stuff on the belt grouped together: heavy stuff like 2-liters of pop/ds' protein shakes first, then: meat, dairy, pantry items, produce, non-food stuff, and finally crushables like chips/bread/eggs (then when I put the bags back in the cart the heavy stuff is on the bottom and bread on the top).....but the cashier picks and chooses what to scan/bag next, I my mind I wonder if she's thinking 'how can I f*ck this up' but in reality I imagine she's looking for something of the right size to fill a spot. But seriously, she will often visually scan the belt and grab an item nowhere near the front or in the way I grouped them. I've literally had them bag raw meat, produce, cleaners and a toy all in the same bag (among a large grocery order, it's not like that's all i bought). I actually took a pic and posted it on their FB page. While they promised to better train their cashiers, I've yet to see evidence of this and it's been well over a year, possibly two.
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Post by trollie on Jun 17, 2019 1:41:15 GMT
The cameras at Walmart self check are the worst. I swear they have a "make you look as bad as possible" filter on them. I hate shopping there anyway, but the crappy cameras really make me not want to go there. And I hate self check bc I am slow. If I have a couple items, no problem, but a large order? No way!
I haven't noticed any items limits at self check. If you go too early in the morning you have to self check. I went really early one morning bc I could not sleep and thought, why not grocery shop? Bad idea.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jun 17, 2019 2:05:34 GMT
We’ve had the self checkouts here at WM, but they just got newer ones that have the cameras and I was at WM early this morning at 5am buying cards for FD, I went to the self check out and there I was on the screen...I didn’t need to see myself under all that lighting with no make up on that early LOL
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Post by Merge on Jun 17, 2019 2:41:05 GMT
Re: self check, I actually prefer it at Target when I have just a few things. It’s faster, and I don’t have to deal with the cashier/bagger rolling her eyes when I whip out my reusable bags. Haha, in CA they have signs when you enter that say *Did you remember your reusable bags?" No eye rolling in our state. They have those signs here, too, but I find the checkers at Target still don't like dealing with them. I actually had one try to put everything in plastic and then load it in my bags. The baggers at the grocery store are used to them and can go just as fast with resuables as they do with plastic.
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Post by katlady on Jun 17, 2019 3:14:23 GMT
Haha, in CA they have signs when you enter that say *Did you remember your reusable bags?" No eye rolling in our state. They have those signs here, too, but I find the checkers at Target still don't like dealing with them. I actually had one try to put everything in plastic and then load it in my bags. The baggers at the grocery store are used to them and can go just as fast with resuables as they do with plastic. Down this way, and I think most of CA, you get charged for plastic bags at Target. My local Target wouldn’t put our items in a plastic bag unless we bought one.
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Post by jenb72 on Jun 17, 2019 12:55:24 GMT
At mine there are both types. On the home goods side they have 6 express self-checkout lanes and then two regular self-checkout lanes with full belts. On the grocery side they have 8 checkouts that can be either, but they don't have the belts.
Jen
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jun 17, 2019 13:23:18 GMT
In fact, I cannot monitor the bagger to keep him from putting frozen food on top of my bananas and the raw chicken with the deli meat while I'm also watching the register to make sure the sales are coming up correctly and the cashier properly identifies my produce. The cashier/register are to my left and the bagger is to my right. I’ve never grocery shopped anywhere that there’s a separate cashier and bagger 🤷🏻♀️ Seems super inconvenient. Really? All our grocery stores are like that here.
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Post by alexa11 on Jun 17, 2019 14:58:30 GMT
There is nothing "express" about anything in any of my Walmarts. In fact, there are at least 2 cashiers that I avoid because they are in slow motion-drives me insane. I haven't done self check out in years because the few times I tried it I hated it. I guess removing the weight has helped but I coud never get past that because my hands were always in the way trying to hold the bags open. And forget looking up produce.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2019 15:04:40 GMT
Self checkout is = to DH and I going to Ikea...fights about nothing...🙂
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Post by gale w on Jun 17, 2019 16:30:47 GMT
I’ve never grocery shopped anywhere that there’s a separate cashier and bagger 🤷🏻♀️ Seems super inconvenient. Really? All our grocery stores are like that here. Same here. Walmart is the only place that doesn't have a separate bagger.
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Post by alsomsknit on Jun 17, 2019 16:53:42 GMT
The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I must be super lucky, I’ve never had baggers do odd things like that. Which I guess is why I never understood why people are so picky about how stuff is bagged I do group my like items together and put fragile items on the belt last. I’m not sure if our Walmarts have self check out limits or not. I try not to use them The local butcher shop is horrible about putting raw meat in with the ready to eat items. The one cashier finally remembered that I want the chicken bagged separately from everything, and the rest of the raw meats separately from the ready to eat foods. This person has given me grief in the past. What I don’t understand is how this is not common knowledge. Well, at least the raw items and ready to eats being bagged separately. The chicken has leaked all over everything enough times that I want it bagged by itself. Other places, I will place the items on the conveyer belt in a manner that things should bagged together as I want them. I actually prefer bagging my own items because the baggers are clueless. Heavy items in with the yogurt or on top of the eggs. Do they not think?
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Post by suzastampin on Jun 21, 2019 16:26:48 GMT
What I’d like to know is...there are 7 register in our scan and go. The entrance to it has a pole on one side. Why the h*ll do people have to stop at the first one and block the entrance to the whole place?? Move on in people!
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